Royal Navy Tests Nuclear Missile

New British nuclear-powered submarine has
test fired its cruise missile weaponry in the
Gulf of Mexico. HMS Astute, which is due to
enter operational service in 2012, has the
largest weapon-carrying capacity of all the
Royal Navy's attack submarines, according to
the British Ministry of Defence, released to
the media, shows Tomahawk missiles arching
into the skies after being fired from beneath
the waves.

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